The 2008
SWATCH-FIVB World Tour champions for men and women will
be determined by calculating the points for a team’s
best 15 finishes for men and 14 for women based on 75
percent of the men’s (19) and women's (18) events staged
this season and rounded down.

Technical Rankings
Entries and seeding

This "Technical
Ranking" is used to determine which teams will be
allowed to enter into a Main Draw, and then its seeding.

Please, be aware that for the 2008 season the team's
entry will be based on the sum of points earned in the
last 5 events a team played within a 365-day period.

Eventual tie will be broken through World Ranking points
while the seeding for main draw teams will be based on
the average finish of last 5 events played within a
365-day period. Eventual tie will be broken through
World Ranking points.